---
phase: quick
plan: 001
subsystem: docs
tags: [readme, markdown, project-overview]

# Dependency graph
requires:
  - phase: none
    provides: n/a (standalone quick task)
provides:
  - "README.md at repo root with project overview and planning doc links"
affects: [phase-4-integration-publishing]

# Tech tracking
tech-stack:
  added: []
  patterns: []

key-files:
  created:
    - README.md
  modified: []

key-decisions:
  - "No installation instructions yet -- deferred to Phase 4 when package is published"
  - "Plain text status line instead of badge images"

patterns-established: []

# Metrics
duration: 2min
completed: 2026-02-20
---

# Quick Task 001: Add README Linking Planning Docs Summary

**Root README.md with project introduction, status line, and links to all 9 planning documents**

## Performance

- **Duration:** 2 min
- **Started:** 2026-02-20T15:24:31Z
- **Completed:** 2026-02-20T15:26:58Z
- **Tasks:** 1
- **Files created:** 1

## Accomplishments
- README.md created at repo root with project title and one-line description
- Pre-release status line showing Phase 1 of 4 progress
- Planning document table linking all 9 `.planning/` docs (PROJECT, ROADMAP, REQUIREMENTS, STATE, and 5 research docs)
- Roadmap overview with all 4 phases summarized
- References section linking to the paper (arXiv:2506.06332v1) and reference implementation

## Task Commits

Each task was committed atomically:

1. **Task 1: Create README.md with project overview and planning document links** - `0e9a31c` (docs)

## Files Created/Modified
- `README.md` - Repo landing page with project overview, planning doc links, roadmap overview, and references

## Decisions Made
- No installation instructions included -- deferred to Phase 4 when the package is actually published on PyPI
- Used plain text status line ("Status: Pre-release | Phase 1 of 4 (Foundation) | Not yet started") instead of badge images for simplicity

## Deviations from Plan

None -- plan executed exactly as written.

## Issues Encountered

None.

## User Setup Required

None -- no external service configuration required.

## Next Phase Readiness
- README.md is in place; Phase 4 will replace it with a full user-facing README including installation, quickstart, and API reference
- All planning documents are now discoverable from the repo root

## Self-Check: PASSED

---
*Phase: quick-001*
*Completed: 2026-02-20*
